Police: Pioneer Square shooting was medical marijuana deal gone bad

A nighttime shooting earlier this month in a Pioneer Square parking garage was the result of a marijuana deal gone bad after the victim tried to sell a pound and a half of the drug to an off-duty parking attendant, according to court documents.

The victim, who was shot in the chest, told police he was a medical marijuana distributor.

The suspected shooter, a 26-year-old South Seattle man, has not been charged, but is being held on $400,000 bail. Police believe he was one of several people who contributed money to buy the marijuana, but hijacked the March 13 transaction in a parking garage storage closet.